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Table 3.

Regular polysubstance use in French adolescents and young adults: the GAZEL Youth study (1999) (%, p-value)1.

Males Females Males vs. Females
12–15 yrs n = 141 16–18 yrs n = 163 19–21 yrs n = 142 22–26 yrs n = 154 p-value 12–15 yrs n = 156 16–18 yrs n = 183 19–21 yrs n = 194 22–26 yrs n = 200 p-value Age-adjusted OR (95% CI)
Tobacco+alcohol <1 3.7 14.1 15.6 <0.0001 0 1.6 7.7 9.5 <0.0001 1.94(1.24–3.04)
Tobacco+cannabis N/A2 11.0 17.6 10.4 0.13 N/A 7.6 9.3 4.5 0.17 1.94(1.27–2.95)
Alcohol+cannabis N/A 3.1 14.0 7.1 0.0019 N/A 1.1 4.6 2.0 0.080 3.32(1.79–6.15)
Tobacco+alcohol+cannab is N/A 2.5 9.9 7.1 0.029 N/A <1 4.6 2.0 0.034 2.89(1.48–5.45)
1 Regular tobacco use: >=1 cigarette/day in the last 12 months; regular alcohol use: >=10 times in the last 30 days; regular cannabis use: 10 times in the last 12 months.
2 Only youths older than 15 were asked to report their cannabis and other drug use.
Addict Behav. 2008 January; 33(1): 122–33.
Published online 2007 September 8. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.09.009.